Steve Jobs (AP Photo/ Matt Sayles)

Bill Gates (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Bill is basically unimaginative and has never invented anything, which is why I think he’s more comfortable now in philanthropy than technology. He just shamelessly ripped off other people’s ideas.

In the book, Jobs also calls Gates “fundamentally odd” and “weirdly flawed as a human being.”

Jobs’ widow, Laurene, called after Jobs died, Gates told The Telegraph. “She said; ‘Look, this biography really doesn’t paint a picture of the mutual respect you had.’ And she said he’d appreciated my letter and kept it by his bed.”